In the first hour of "Environmental Connections" on June 27, 2025, our guests discuss a recently failed Senate bill that would have banned the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer on New York farmland.

A coalition of environmental groups on Friday sued over the Trump administration’s plans to build a detention center in the Everglades that critics have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The suit ...

Florida is building a detention center at an airfield in the Everglades to house at least 5,000 people picked up during immigration raids.

Gov. Ron DeSantis meanwhile showed off the Everglades detention center on Fox News, and the Florida GOP began selling branded ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ merchandise.

Environmental groups Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt construction and operation of a detention center for undocumented immigrants that has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” saying it ...